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QUEENS TEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 3. 10, 7.15 & 0.20 p.m.

Gurshard the ball- dog of the Paris police! When other tricks falled he

used a lovely lady's charms to snare! YOU MUST.

SEN

Bean Brumeli. super thleft A crook who loved divinely. He'll set feminino hearts a Butter as he steals

love and jewels with equal charm!

BARRYMORE

on the

Sereen

for the frst time TOGETHER

ARSENE LUPIN

with.

KÅREN MORLEY JOHN MILJAN

› Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MOTURI

-COMING SHORTLY--- "something rare and refreshing in screep fare" Evening Post "Hilarious fooling- snappy situations,"

-

Cinema.

GENE GERRARD

BROTHER ALFRED

DG.Wodehouse

VERKEN WESTBROOK

STAR

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

THE

BETWEEN DARKNESS AND DAWN-

UNHOLYAN

NIGHT

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayen

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1932.

MOVIE NEWS KINGS THEATRE

Pictures In Hong Kong

AT THE QUEEN'S

ARSENE LUPIN "

A trade notice statos:- Turning out 4 Old Masters in wholesale lots was the ambitious enterprise on which a group of artists worked in preparation for

the filming of "Arsene Lupin,"

TO-MORROW AND

TO-MORROW "

NEXT OFFERING AT THE KING'S

A trade notice sintes:- In Paramust'a "To-morrow and Tomorrow," Ruth Chatterton plays the strongest emotional part in ber Her present role rumaie enreer.

phisticated Paris mystery drama, showing at the Queen's Theatre. with John and Lionel Barrymore" a childless wife who ignores con- on the souther for the first time considow, tos ie sake of what the

screen.

The Louvre setting was used for an exciting episode in which John

true love, calls for extra- ordinary dramatic capability

That she has the skill to portray characterization

Barrymore, as the elusive this, this forthright Arsene Lupin, steals the famous

painting," Mona Lisa," from under, rouviergly is apparent to all the very nose of the persistent de bolublers. And be it known to all tective, Guerehard, played by those who are not acquainted with Lionel Barrymore. The entertain-

1 ing adventures of the charming thief the facts, Miss Chatterton did not make up what is said to be one of attain this consummate artistry of

came as the f most interesting pictures in Fer by chance.

of ambitious arhich either of the noted Barry result of a camer

on the mores has yet been seen.

effort and earnest work stage

the

The story is based on the Paris stago succesh by Maurice La Blane and Francis de Croisset and was directed by Jack Conway. In the supporting cast are Karen Morley, John Miljan, Tully Marshall and

thers.

"IS EVERYBODY HAPPY?”

COMING ATTRACTION AT QUEEN'S

It

The

"The Green Hat" and Devil's Plum Tree" wore the stage shows that took her to California, nother turning point in her career, for there Emi! Jannings saw her. Later Jannings, seeking a leading woman for his fortheming picture, was a guest at a dinner-party given by Miss Chatterton. At this din ner, Jennings chose her for his in "Sies of the ding womna Fathers,"

This was her first ‹ picture and brought her a contract with Parn- A trada notice states:-

Hor recent SULEessful One night while Ted Lewis was mount. playing at Rector's, he was in the talkies are "Anybody's Woman, kitchen and one of the coloured The Right to Love," "Unfaith- porters came in with a shabby highful," "The Magnificent Lie," and hat which he had nabbed from a cabby stationed outside the famous restaurant. Ted offered to buy it. The coloured man wouldn't sell. They compromised by rolling the bones for it. Ted won.

I took it out that night and I'd he lost without one like it now in my act. anys Lewis. His "act" is doing well in his first Warner Bros, and Vitaphone picture,

Once a Lady.

To-morrow and To-morrer," Chatterton has two leading m. Paul Lukas and Robert Ames. The latter playe the role of her Lusal and the former the third perion in the dramatic triangle. This vigorous problem drama is the King's Theatre feature showing to dry.

Is To-morrow and-To-morrow" is

Everybody Happy? coming short-n adaptation of Philip Barry's ly to the Queen's Theatre, It is Ted Lewis and his band at their hest.

ONE HEAVENLY

· NIGHT ·

COMING TO THE KING'S

A trade notice states:-

Old world romance and adventuro

singe play which startled the public and received wide Press content because of its daring philosophy. It had a long run on Broadway and is still being played in the minor eities.

IC

'WAYWARD".

AT THE ORIENTAL

A trade notice states:

·SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

More than husband!

Sherwanted him to be fzlend, adviser, de- Fander, lover... and father of her chlidi

HATTERTON TOMORROW TOMORROW

Garamount Picture with

PAUL LUKAS NEXT CHANGE SUNDAY, 30th OCT. SHE'LL AMAZE YOU!

NEVER HAVE YOU SEEN A MURE CHARMING, A MORE IRRESISTIBLE PERSONALITY THAN THIS MAGNIFICENT IDOL OF THE THEATER WHO MAKES HER INITIAL BOW TO THE CINEMA IN THE SEA- SON'S SMARTEST ROMANTIC COMEDY.

SAMUEL GOLDWYN

presas

ΌΠΕΙ HEAVENLY NIGHT

HIT WILL

DELIGH

AMUSE

AND

THRILL

YOU I

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA.

HONG KONG.

Arsene Lupin."

Queen's.

King's.

"To-morrow and Tomorrow,"

Central.

"The Unconquered Lover.” Oriental.

Star.

"Wayward."

KOWLOON.

"The Unholy Night."

Queen's

King's,

COMING.

Brother Alfred, "*

"One Heavenly Night." "Amateur Daddy."

Central.

Blar.

The Lost Squadron.” The Doomed Battalion."

"West of Broadway." Oriental.

Sky Bride.

FACING DANGER TO MAKE MAP

TRANSJORDAN FRONTIER

MARKED

CENTRAL THEATRE

TEL

267201

WE ARE GLAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE WILL COM- MENCE SHOWING THE BEST SUPER & SPECIAL RADIO, UNIVERSAL & BRITISH DOMINION PICTURES IN 1932.33 FROM NEXT WEEK.

SHOWING TO-DAY

at 2.30; 5.15; 7.15 & 9.30 p.m. -

THE LATEST CHINESE TALKING & SINGING SUPER SPECIAL PRODUCTION IN CANTONESE DIALOGUES.

Amman, Transjordan.-After Inc. ing for a month the dangers and discomforts of the desert, the little party of British and other experts who have been determining and mapping the boundary line between Transjordan and Syria have com. pleted their ask and returned { ¿¿ home.

There has beca no definite bound-

"THE UNCONQUERED LOVER"

WITH AN ALL-STAR CAST PRODUCED BY THE TSE MEE CO. OF CANTON, SHOWING SOON

RKO-RADIO'S GREATEST WONDER SHOW.

A JUGGERNAUT OF THRILLS: COME! SEE! WONDER! Back of the Bounen With um Air Show IN THE MAKING! ... Naltywood Gave Sis Mugle Bout-tw Make Thíc Picture...on Dared. Death! Directors Dreamt Mfracias!' Camaramos' Nigined All.......Te Gère YOU the Supcome Thrill... Sauerlative Novelty of_the_Nowurf,

THE

LOST SQUADRON

Richard DIX

CREA

Mary ASTOR... Erich YON STROHEM.. Joel Dorothy JORDAN.. Rober ALMSTRONG.. Directed by CHORDI ARCHAINRAUD

ALL GLORY TO THE DEVIL-MAY-CARE WINGMEN WHOSE HEROIC DAR COURAGE HELPED MAKE THIS THE 'PICTURE WITHIN A PICTURE'S

COMING! COMING!

THE PICTURE TERRIFICI THE "ALL QUIET” OF 1982.

"THE DOOMED BATTALION” With TALA BIRELL, LUIS TRENKER, VICTOR VARCONI:- ary line between the two countries THE NEWEST UNIVERSAL SUPER SPECIAL PICTURE. since the Allied Forces occupied.

them in 1018. A rough line of

EVELYT LAYE demarcation was agreed on at a JOHN BOLES

LEON-ERROL

UNITED ARTISTS FICTURE

ORIENTAL

that begins in Budapest's gayest Stiga fright is commonly assu cubaret and then weaves its temeiated with work behind the foot-At pestacar excitement through the richest colour of Hungarian forest lights, but some sareen people are Affected by it. This has been partly introduce Lo entryside serves Evelyn Laye, one of England's best explained by the fact that muss of tuved and fairest enchantresses, to our celluloid thespians have ap "One Heavenly peared on the stage at some time the screen Night at the King's Theatre on for aber before appearing in pie-

tures and have Sunday, Its story is from the pen pletely over the fear of facing an of Louis Bromfield, distinguished audience. novelist, and is his first eriginal screen play.

Not since the days of Jenny Lind hind the New York stage witnessed such a tumultuous ovation as that which greeted the debut of Evelyn Laye at the Ziegfeld Theatre last year in Novel. Coward's Bitter- sweet."

never got cour

Nacy Carroll, who is featured in "Wayward," showing at the Orien- tal Theatre, is not frightened as much as she is worried that he "take" will not be good. That is the business trait in Nancy assert- She understands that ing itself.

"shot" that must be taken every Samuel Goldwyn, that astute pro-over means a legs to the company. Ronald and she would like to save it it ducer that introduced

she can.

Richard Arlen is an active, out- Coman, Vilma Banky, Lily Damita and ilozens of other great stars to the screen public, had signed her door fellow with an over-nland- the camera that the instrument before to an American contract and ace of pep. His only fear before then had permitted her stage debut will not respect his exuberanor as a preface to her inaugural screen Arian goes over the script of a play

One Heavenly

very carefully and studies ever bit Appearance in Night,"

of action in it. But doing that, he Despite her great London popu-feels equal to any situation it is. larity, she had come to America

more on his part will destroy a pretty much a stranger. Evelyn and is unt afraid that ang wrong had refused to allow the producers take." But the pep" bugaboo to star her. But the day after the is always before him. opening. her name was on every one's lips, everyone knew of her, and in pictures have given Pauline everyone had his conflicting views Frederick & firm grip on herself. minimum of stage whether he had seen her or not. She feels a

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Twentynine years on the stage

For her screen debut, Goldwyn fright, even in the most trying of not only acquired the original dramatic situations. She has calm- atory-of-one of America's first men

ward the camera helps the other of Ighters, prize winner Louisa to spare and her attitude to

Bromfeld, but alas gathered to players to adjust themselves and 13 rother a cast of Hollywood's most feel at home. hopular playors. John Boles is the

first. America's bold and handsome

feinuing star_was_anguged as Count

Mirker the daring hunter. Un ferry seductive than over, and many Jess horsemen, the chivalrous lover. other leading players. Leon Errol, one of Broadway's George Fitzmaurice was assigned ndent olowns, headed the comedy to the task of making the story of battalion, with the lovable Hugh the pale little tower girl who be Flameron a close second. Then there came the bright and shining queen Lia Lilyan Taskman, more luxurious lato the gay, romance that is the Wentinued at flow of rzt-column. Satory of Cho, Heavenly Night

THEATRE?

SHOWING TO-DAY

2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m

"Our first-born!"

"We love her 30 much, David! But eren abs, little dar Ung; cannot hold

w together while

your mother, your whole family, hate my wary soul!** See this drama

ayward

Paramount Picture

ch Nancy

CARROLL

chord

ARLEN

Fortine

FREDERICK

NEXT OHANBE SATURDAY, 29th OCT. RICHARD ARLEN

"SKY BRIDE"

with

JACK OAKIE ROBERT COOGAN A. PARAMOUNT PICTURE.

conference in Paris, and approved by the League of Nations, but the detailed application of the bound- nry was entrusted to a commission consisting of Mr. A. S. Kirkbride, Assistant British Resident, Trans jordan; Colonel Beynet, represent- ing France; Khalaf el Tell, repre senting Transjordan; and Ahig el Khatib, representing Syria.

In the cultivated areas the British (Transjordan) party, consisted of thirty men, including a guard of three, while the French party numbered nearly a hundred, includ ing guard of fifty soldiers.

In the desert sections it was con- sidered expedient to reduce the| numbers to about one-third and to make the guard a nominal one only --for the dangers to be faced there were not man-made, but those of nature.

Blinding Band,

Heat, drought, and blinding sand by days and the giant desert spiders and scorpions by night were the ceaseless accompaniment of the task.

On one occasion a French armour- ed car manned by a crew of two Frenchman and two Algeriana, broke down far off the beaten track. The four men finally abandoned the var to search for water, and when a rescue party arrived they could not be found. Finally one dend body was recovered, 25 miles from the abandoned car. It was that of In French sergeant who had tramp- ed that distance over rough lava rock without a drop of water, and in the blazing sun, to look for help,

During the period in the desert,

- MRS, HI, MEIN, formerly prima ballerina at the Beala, Milan, who has kindly consented to dance at the Peninsula Hotel Concert,

on November 12, in aid of the Now Territories Medical Benevolent Society,

DOLE BEFORE WEDDING

MISSED ONE TO SECURE

THE OTHER............

Boltou, Sept. 14.-Rather than the entire party bivouacked each miss his "dole," a young unew-

night on the spot where their work

became restive during the wait, and later auxions When noon ap proached the bride broke down and wept bitterly, and it was not until the registrar left for his lunch at 12.30 that lie agreed to leave the office with her relatives.

Half an hour lator the bride-

for he day had finished, continuing ployed brickinyer missed his wed-groom ran to the offices and explain their operations at daybreak on the ding, which should have taken place red he had been detained in the

Their water following morning

supply was carried for a distance today at Bolton. of about eighty miles.

A feature of the enterprise was the cordial relationship existing between the different parties on. the Commission.

queue at the Labour Exchange,

He is Mr. Harry Ogden Bray He got into touch with the bride,

of Tonge Moor-road, Bolton, who and after explanation and forgive- at eleven o'clock this morning Iness the ceremony was postponed should have been married to Miss until to-morrow,

The Commission has marked the

Mary Aspinall, of Acton-street,

The bridegroom said to-night: new boundary by line of strictly

pickets! Later, Halliwell They Daw each other. It was only this morning I got numbered fron masonry beacons will be erected on last night, and the last words of notice to attend a Court of Re- prominent landmarks along the

Bray to his fiancée were: "Do aot ferees at 10.30, and I had no time line.

In the cultivated belts, village be late. properties had sometimes to be ad-

justed to the new demarcation. The bride was ready for the cere From Jebel Tent-to-Zelat about mony at the Bolton registry half an 150 miles of the boundary line hours before the appointed time.-- pass through an entirely water-

jess unhabitable desert area.

to tell Mary. I thought I could

get away in time for the wedding.

Still, a lot depends on my settiAY the dole, and now I-em Well-wishers armed with confetti it it is better for, the future.